Solidarity

On 27 June EU ambassadors confirmed an agreement between the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council and European Parliament representatives on a legal framework for the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) and a related budget for the period 2018-2020.

Hundreds of thousands of citizens are being inconvenienced by the frequent strike action disrupting Athens metro services with no end in sight to the stoppages. 

A small group of privileged employees is wreaking havoc with the commutes of workers in the broader area of the Greek capital, and seem to be doing so with sadistic fervor. 

Bulgarians are celebrating Monday, May 1, the international Labor Day marking the struggle for dignified work and the feeling of solidarity amongst laborers.

The chairman of eurozone finance ministers Jeroen Dijsselbloem did not criticize any particular country or region, his spokesman said after Dijsselbloem's remarks, seen as negative toward southern Europe, sparked calls for his resignation.

Holding banners reading "We accept refugees, isolate the fascists," demonstrators on Tuesday gathered outside Oraiokastro Town Hall to pledge solidarity with refugee children attending schools in the town near Thessaloniki.

The gathering was organized by the local women's association and members of the People's Committee of Oraiokastro, and also included a march through the town.

Teachers from various schools in Oraiokastro, a small town near Thessaloniki, on Wednesday gathered outside the 1st Elementary School to express their solidarity with a group of refugee children attending afternoon classes there.

The three Balkan capitals will hold women's marches as solidarity events, inspired by the Women's March on Washington that will bring hundreds of thousands of protesters on to the streets of the US capital, Washington, on Saturday.

Nearly 30% of women in Bulgaria are victims of domestic violence, in public places or at work, according to the report by the Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria (FTTUB).

Police detained 22 people on Monday morning after members of an unknown anarchist group broke into the offices of the Hellenic-American Union at around 8 a.m. and held a banner outside the offices reading "Solidarity against slavery."

Government’s operation to evacuate makeshift refugee camp at Idomeni continues and it is expected to be completed within next 48 hours. The government has banned the journalists from the site in an effort to avoid any incidents and reactions over the rapidly evacuation that might be initiated mainly by solidarity groups.